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Core i7-12700K vs Engineering Sample 906ED 2.1GHz


Description
The i7-12700K is based on Alder Lake architecture while the 906ED 2.1GHz is based on Comet Lake.

Using the multithread performance as a reference, the i7-12700K gets a score of 1034.1 k points while the 906ED 2.1GHz gets 657.2 k points.

Summarizing, the i7-12700K is 1.6 times faster than the 906ED 2.1GHz. To get a proper comparison between both models, take a look to the data shown below.

Specs
CPUID
90672
906ed
Core
Alder Lake
Comet Lake-H
Architecture
Base frecuency
2.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Boost frecuency
5 GHz
5 GHz
Socket
LGA 1700
LGA 1151
Cores/Threads
12/20
8/16
TDP
190 W
- W
Cache L1 (d+i)
8x32/4x64+8x48/4x32 kB
8x32+8x32 kB
Cache L2
8x1280+4x2048 kB
8x256 kB
Cache L3
25600 kB
16384 kB
Date
November 2021
March 2020
Mean monothread perf.
110.2k points
86.65k points
Mean multithread perf.
1034.06k points
657.19k points

Non-optimized benchmark
The benchmark in Mode 0 (FPU) measures cpu performance with non-optimized software. It uses the basic µinstructions from the i386 architecture with the i387 floating point unit. This mode is compatible with all CPUs so it's practical to compare very different CPUs
Monothread
i7-12700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
8.44k
5.2k (x0.62)
Test#2 (FP)
21.1k
21.19k (x1)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
14.52k
6.85k (x0.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
12.87k
15.48k (x1.2)
TOTAL
56.92k
48.71k (x0.86)

Multithread

i7-12700K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
70.7k
42.31k (x0.6)
Test#2 (FP)
251.29k
198.07k (x0.79)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
159.92k
68.37k (x0.43)
Test#1 (Memory)
32.47k
7.38k (x0.23)
TOTAL
514.38k
316.12k (x0.61)

AVX2 optimized benchmark
The benchmark in mode III (AVX2), like AVX1, is optimized to used 256 bits registers beside the second version of the Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX). The first AVX2 compatible CPU was released in 2013.
Monothread
i7-12700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
52.13k
33.92k (x0.65)
Test#2 (FP)
28.97k
30k (x1.04)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
15.04k
7.01k (x0.47)
Test#1 (Memory)
14.07k
15.73k (x1.12)
TOTAL
110.2k
86.65k (x0.79)

Multithread

i7-12700K

906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
458.8k
302.78k (x0.66)
Test#2 (FP)
377.45k
278.98k (x0.74)
Test#3 (Generic, ZIP)
171.31k
67.89k (x0.4)
Test#1 (Memory)
26.51k
7.53k (x0.28)
TOTAL
1034.06k
657.19k (x0.64)

Performance/W
i7-12700K
906ED 2.1GHz
Test#1 (Integers)
2415 points/W